Shirt



(No Model.)

' W. L. HALL.

SHIRT.

No. 270,663. Patented Jan.16, 1888.

Wifnsses: Invenfor:

WILLIAM LORD HALL,

SHI

PATENT Farce.

OF TROY, NEYV YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,663, dated January16, 1883.

Application filed May To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM LORD HALL, of the city of Troy, county ofRensselaer, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Apparel Shirts, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to apparel shirts and a method of forming andsecuring the opening at the back of the shirt, and which method is alsoapplicable to the side openings of the sleeves of the shirt.

My invention consists in the manner, hereinafter to be more fullydescribed in detail, of producin g upon the edges of the opening formedin the back and sleeve of the shirta binding-piece, which is attached tothe two edges of the slit in-continuity from end to end, and havingsufficient width to form a plait upon each side of the slit, and thusgore into the latter the two plaits formed by the binding on each sideof the slit, which at the initial end of the latter will have coincidentedges and at the other end of the slit will overlap, and in combina tiontherewith a fly-plait which at one sideis attached to the shirt exterioror sleeve, and at one end to the shirt beyond the terminal end of theslit, and at the other end to the shirt and yoke re-enforce, or thesleeve exterior and. wristband, with the overlapping edge of thefly-plait vertically parallel with the end of the lapping end of thecollar-band or wristband, so, that the fly-plait shall externally coverthe slit and plaitin g.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,there are four figures illustrating my invention, and in all of whichthe same designation of parts by letter reference is used.

Figure 1 shows a plan view of the back of the shirt, with the fly-plaitunattached at the top and bottom and turned back on the line of its sideattachment to the shirt to show the plaited edges of the back opening orslit formed by the continuous binding. Fig. 2 illustrates a plan view ofthe shirt at the back, with the fly turned over and secured at its topand bottom, with the relative position of the plaited edges of the backopening or slit indicated by a dotted line. Fig. 3 shows a plan view ofthe sleeve-opening of the shirt, with the plaited fly turned back on theline 16, 1882. (No model.)

the plaits formedlon the edge of the sleeveopening by the binding. Fig.4 shows a plan view of a shirt-sleeve opening, with the flyplait securedat the ends, and the relative position of the plaited edges of thesleeve-openbinding indicated by a dotted line.

The several parts of the shirt are designated by letter reference asfollows, and their constructed connection thus described.

The letter S indicates the back of the shirt, and the letter O theposition of the slit formin g the back-opening.

At Y is indicated the yoke re-enforce or stay- 'ing'piece at O, thecollar-band, and at 0 its subtending and lapping end.

The letter B designates a binding-piece, which is sewed to the edges ofthe slit 0 in continuity from the initial end of the opening or slit toits other end, and thence in return upon the other side oppositely tothe point of beginning, where the ends. of the bindingpiece are sewed tothe shirt and yoke re-enforce at the bottom of the latter. ing-piece Bismade wide enough to form a plait on each side of the slit 0, and whenthe edges of these plaits are together and coincident at the initial endof the slit they form a gore-intrusion that spreads apart the slit atthe opening end to the extent of the width of the two plaits, while atthe other end of the slit this bindinglait overlaps.

The two plaits formed. on the edge of the slit 0 are designatedat P P,which, when in position as used, do not overlap at the opening end ofthe slit.

Theletter H indicates the fly-plait, which on its side H is attached tothe shirt, and at H to the yoke re-enforce or staying-piece and shirt,with the other end, H attached to the shirt below the terminal end ofthe slit 0.

The letter S designates the shirt-sleeve, having the arm-slit O at itslowerend.

The letter B indicates the binding-piece, attached in continuity to thesides of the slit 0, so as to produce the two plaits 1? P" on itsparallel sides.

The re-enforce or stay-piece H is attached to the sleeve, and alsoattached to the latter at its upper end, 11*, with its lower end,Hattached to the exterior lapping end of the cuff-band F.

of its side attachment to the sleeve to show A shirt-opening thusproducedin the back ing beneath the plaited fly and formed by the Thisbind- TOC and in the sleeve at the wrist has a neat and I In a shirtopening at the back or in the finished appearance, which firmly securesthe parts, and when a shirt thus made is being laundered the fly partcan be ironed separately, and the parts made more comfortably adjustablethan where such a series of thicknesses are starched and all ironed downtogether.

Where this manner of making and securing a slit-opening at the back ofthe shirt is employed, though the back-opening is still centrallylocated, it permits locating the button attachment of the collar-baudaway from the center toward the right, where it is more easily reached,and at the same time furnishes a means to cover the plaited slit with alapping Having thus described my invention, what I claim. and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

sleeves at the wrist, the combination of a binding and plait strip whichat its inner edge, in continuity,is attached to the edges of the slit oropening from end to end, and at its ends to the shirt and yokere-enforce or shirt and wristband, and a fly-plait which on one of itssides is attached to the shirt or sleeve, and one end to the yokere-enforee and shirt, or the latter and the wristband, and the other endto the shirt or sleeve beyond the terminal end of the slit, as and forthe purposes here in described and set forth.-

Signed at Troy, N.Y., this 10th day of May, 1882.

\VILLIAM LORD HALL.

Witnesses:

E. J. HICKS, CHARLEs S. BRINTNALL.

